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Read the daily musings of our beloved Angel Abby who passed over to the Rainbow Bridge August 12,, 2013. Our sister Gracie recently passed OTRB 2/11/14. Join our two Tabby Brothers, Ping and Jinx, and their Tuxedo sister Boo along the journey as they all adapt to new life with Manx Calico Annabelle who joined our family December 2013.

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Saturday, December 28, 2013

The Mother's Recompense

And, oh, how
blessed is it thus to meet! To feel that vanished years have not
estranged us, distance has not diminished love, that we are to each
other even as we parted; to feel again the fond kiss, to hear once more
the accents of a voice which to us has been for years so still,--a voice
that brings with it the gush of memory! Past days flit before us; feelings, thoughts, hopes, we deemed were dead, all rise again, summoned
by that secret witchery, the well-remembered though long silent voice. Let years, long, lingering, saddening years drag on their chain, let
youth have given place to manhood, manhood to age, still will it be the
same--the voice we once have loved, and deemed to us for ever still--oh,
time, and grief, and blighted hope will be forgotten, and youth, in its
undimmed and joyous beauty, its glow of generous feelings, its bright
anticipations, all, all again be ours.
-Grace Aguilar, The Mother's Recompense, Volume II, 1859

So lovely and touching. It reminded Mom that after her dad died, she asked for the tape out of her parent's answering machine so she could have a recording of his voice. Purrs and hugs, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo